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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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